2nd July 2013 ... weekly volunteers

Present:

John, Mike, Neil, Ray, Pat, Keith, David p and martin

Activities:

- remedial work on ponds High, Top and Level
- coppiced an alder blocking sun there
- pollarded a small birch, a small alder
- arisings used to raise the pathway across the boggy area
- ring barked a pine that is on edge of bog to reduce water uptake.  A bit more work needed on it.
- bracken pulling, scything and digging on south heath, edge of m1, and on heath under power lines
- lookered ponies

Observations:

- nightjar churring briefly near ponds
- tree pipits
- 4 crossbills
- emporer df
- siskins, woodlark, green woodpecker, swift, herring gull
- dodder in normal place.  3 new patches near where stagshorn clubmoss was.

Martin